The 50th anniversary of Comic-Con is here. San Diego Comic-Con, or SDCC, has officially begun, and the news is already coming in. The Terminator: Dark Fate panel was among the early one son Thursday, and we’ve already learned that the movie is bringing back Terminator 2’s John Connor, Edward Furlong, and that it will be rated R. Not long after that, Tom Cruise made a surprise appearance to debut a Top Gun Maverick trailer.
The Scarediego event brought with it a fresh look at It: Chapter 2, including exclusive clips and a trailer. The trailer has now premiered online and is unsettling as you’d expect.
Another piece of big news to emerge is that the Game of Thrones Comic-Con panel won’t feature the showrunners. David Benioff and DB Weiss had been announced to be among the panel’s participants, but the two (along with a few actors and a director) have dropped out. That still leaves a variety of cast members to show up, but Benioff and Weiss’s original inclusion had been a surprise, given the negative reaction that the show’s finale season received.
Marvel makes its triumphant return to the show in 2019, and the studio will more than likely reveal what’s happening with Phase 4 of the MCU. (Already, we’ve learned through a report that Taika Waititi will direct Thor 4.) On the TV side, Agents of SHIELD is ending after Season 7. The news emerged not long before the show’s panel at SDCC.
But even without certainty on the Marvel Cinematic Universe front, there’s a ton to look forward to across TV, movies, and games, including more on Westworld, The Witcher, and Marvel’s Avengers game. Rick and Morty will also have a panel ahead of its much-anticipated Season 4 debuting later this year, and the first images from Season 4 were released this week in anticipation of SDCC.
Aside from the convention itself, San Diego’s Gaslamp district transforms for the event, so while the hall and panel rooms hold most of the attractions, the entire downtown area is dressed to the nines. This includes stores in the area decorated like your favorite movies and TV series and plenty of activations around the area promoting upcoming projects.
Per usual, GameSpot will be attending the show, covering everything from movies and TV to toys and cosplay during the week. And yes, we’ll be enjoying some of those activations as well. Building up to the show, we have plenty of information that you need to know if you plan on attending or catching the news from the comfort of your own home. We have collected all of our pre-Comic-Con stories letting you know what to expect at the show. In addition, if you are attending, there are plenty of piece about what’s happening during the course of the week, as well as some exclusives you can pick up while at the show.
However, as SDCC kicks off, make sure to come back here to learn more about the convention from movie and TV news to interviews with its stars as well as pictures from around the show. We’ll be updating this list daily between the 17-21 with tons of content.
